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G. E. ADAMS.

BUTTON 0R STUD.

110.300.551. Patented June 17, 1884.

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SPEOEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,551, dated June 1'7, 1884.

Application filed February l1, 1884. (No model.)

F @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'GEORGE E. ADAMS, of

- Vful Improvement in Buttons and Studs,of

which the following is a specification, refercnce being had tothe accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a transverse section of the button, showing the arms or lobes of the shoe closed. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view showing arms closed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing arms open. Fig. is an inverted plan vview showing arms open. Fig. 5 is a detailed view showing side and plan vic-ws of the arm. Fig. (i is a detailed View showing plan and side View of pusher. Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing post and closed arms.

)Iy invention relates to hinged buttons, so constructed that the lateral extensions of the shoe may be easily formed into an extension or.

continuation ofthe post, whereby its insertion into or through an aperture is facilita-ted, and wherein it may be secured by the replacement ol" the extensions in their normal position at right angles with the post by the pressure of a spring or other self-acting device.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the head of the button; B B, arms or projections constituting the post; C C, arms or lobes constituting the shoe; D l), the pushers; a, the spring; b b, the vertical or upright portions of the pushcrs, b', the upper portion of the slot in the vertical part of the pusher, b2, the lower part of the slot; b, the arm or standard in the upright part of the pusher, which aids in locking or securing the arms when open; c c,- pivcts of the arms of the shoe; d, the bearing or pivot which operates within the slot of the pusher; d', the perforation or aperture of the arm incloscd by the pivot d c, and g lugs or guides for the pushers, f, a loop or band for securing the spring; h., the main or horizontal part of the pusher; lz', the outer or free end of the pusher.

The post B B, Fig. 7, may be made integral or in two or incre parts. lt may be fastened to the interior ot' the front of the button by soldering or otherwise. If desired, it may be secured to a plate attached to the interior ot' the front ol the button. It is preferably at right angles with the pla-ue of such plate crinterior sur-face. Perforations or indentations are made through or in the upper or free ends of the post, at or near the points marked by the letters c c, Fig. 7, designed to receive and secure the pirots e c.

The arms C C, made of any suitable material, are of any desired shape, preferably somewhat ilattened, with oval or rounded edges. They may be struck from a single piece of niaterial. The axis of the pivots c c is eccentric to the axis of the pivotd. The latter may be upon the same plane with the former, or upon a different plane, as desired. Instead of securing the arms by integral pivots, they may be secured by meansoi' rivets or pins inserted into or through indentations or perforations of the arms and post. The pushcrs, made of any suitable material, may be struck from a single piece, if desired. The parts 7i are preferably made ot' such a length that the outer or free ends thereof will project through or beyond the sides of the button, and extend therefrom as i'ar as desired. They-are made of any desired shape, preferably flat, with shouldered or curved edges, in order that the ends thereof will project from the edge of the button at diametrically-opposite points. The upright part b is furnished with a slot, b Zi, Figs. l and 6, at or near the upper or free end thereof, designed to receive the pivot d, Fig. 5, and when secured to the button it is of a proper length to engage with the pivot d. In the formation of the slot, an arm or standard, which may be formed in cutting the slot, is produced within or upon the arm l), designed to iinmovably secure the arm when open, as hereinafter described. lf the extension of the pushers beyond the edge of the button is prevented by such edge, depressions or perforations may be made therein, designed to receive and allow of the passage of the pushers.

The pushers may be secured to the button as follows: The flat surface of the part h is placed upon the under surface of the front of the button, or of the plate thereon, in such manner that the ends h il' will project from the depressions or perlbrations in the edge of the button, and the arms D will extend between and parallel with the standards B B of the post. They are held in position and guided -by the depressions or perforations aforesaid, and by the lugs or guides c and g, or by bands or bridges, all of which may be integral with TOO the inner surface of the front of the button or the plate thereon.

The spring a may be composed of steel or other suitable material, and may be flat, round, or of any desired shape. It is preferably bent in a circular shape. It may be secured to the inner surface of the front of the button, or to the plate thereon, by a loop or vband attached to such front or plate, or integral therewith, passing over or upon the spring at or near the center thereof. The ends of the spring may be secured to the parts 7L of the pushers by means of slots therein, by means of soldering, or otherwise. If found desirable, more than one spring may be used in place of the one mentioned.

When the parts of the button are placed and secured as described, the. constant outward lateral pressure of the spring upon the push. ers causes the latter to project as far as possible or desirable beyond the edge of the button, whereby the arms or lobes C C are caused to extend horizontally or at nearly right angles with the post, and the end of the arm or standard b is brought in contact with the pivot d, Fig. 3, directly underneath the same, by means whereof the arms C C are securely locked and mmovably held open or at right angles with the post. Each pusher operates the arm opposite it, or farthest removed from it. The arms are closed and formed into a practical eX- tension of or addition to the post, and thus prepared for insertion into an aperture by pressing` the outer ends, h h', of the pushers D D between the thumb and finger, whereby the pivot d is forced from its position in the upper part, b', of the slot in the arm b to the lower part, b2, of said-slot, thereby raising the arms to a perpendicular position and extending them parallel with the post, as shown in Fig. 1. The shoe is secured within an aperture by removing the lateral pressure afore said from the pushers, whereupon, by the outward lateral pressure of the spring exerted upon the pushers, the latter assume their former position. The pivot d is forced back upon its bearing or support b3, whereby the arms C C are opened and immovably secured at right angles with the post, as shown in Fig. 8.

The parts of this button are few, cheaply manufactured,` and easy of construction 'and adjustment. It is so simply and easily operated that a mere child can understand and use it. It overcomes many of the difculties eX- perienced in the use of all other buttons, both separable and non-separable.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a button or stud having the posts or standardsB B, the combination, with the shoelobes C C, lpivoted in said standards and provided with bearings d and apertures d, of the pushers D D, having vertical arms b b, provided with slots b2 and lockinglugs b3, substantially as described.

2. In a button or stud, the combination of the head A, having guides e g, the standards B B, the shoelobes C C, pivcted in the standards and provided with bearings d and apertures d', the pushers D D, having vertical arms b, provided with slots b2 and locking-lugs b3, and the spring a, engaging said pushers, substantially as described.

GEO. E. ADAMS. 

